# Historiae Animalium Epitome 228

Aristophanes of Byzantium, Historiae Animalium Epitome, B. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristophanes-of-byzantium/historiae-animalium-epitome/228

(228) Γέλωνος τοῦ Συρακουσίου παιδὸς ὄντος λύκος μέγιστος εἰσπηδήσας εἰς τὸ διδασκαλεῖον ἐξήρπασε τῶν χειρῶν τοῖς ὀδοῦσι τὴν δέλτον, καὶ ὁ Γέλων ἐξαναστὰς τοῦ θάκου ἐδίωκεν αὐτόν, τὸ μὲν θηρίον μὴ καταπτήξας, περιεχόμενος δὲ τῆς δέλτου ἰσχυρῶς. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἔξω τοῦ διδασκαλείου ἐγένετο, τὸ μὲν κατηνέχθη καὶ τοὺς παῖδας αὐτῷ διδασκάλῳ κατέλαβε, θείᾳ δὲ προμηθείᾳ ὁ Γέλων περιῄει μόνος, καὶ τό γε παράδοξον, οὐκ ἀπέκτεινεν ἄνθρωπον, ἀλλ’ ἔσωσε λύκος, οὐκ ἀτιμασάντων τῶν θεῶν ὅσον οὐδὲν διὰ τῶν ἀλόγων τῷ μὲν τὴν βασιλείαν προδηλῶσαι, τὸν δὲ τοῦ μέλλοντος . κινδύνου σῶσαι· ἴδιον δὲ τῶν ζῴων καὶ τὸ θεοφιλές.

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Aristophanes of Byzantium, Historiae Animalium Epitome, ed. Spyridon Paulou Lampros. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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